BAN-L vs WI-L

Road Safety World Series · Match 2

Recent overs

Ov 16
16
7 runs
Ov 15
211111
7 runs
Ov 14
124100
8 runs
Ov 13
04101W0
6 runs

Commentary

That's it from us for this game. The second of the two matches at Kanpur, Sri Lanka Legends v Australia Legends, is set to start in a few moments. Click here to enjoy our coverage of the same, and click here to browse through more of our cricketing content! For now, this is Rajarshi, along with Bidipto, signing off!
Player of the Match, Daren Powell: It's been a long time playing in this kind of atmosphere, but feels good to be in the mix now. Hopefully, we can recover fast from a match and get our bodies to pull through. It feels very good to be in West Indian colours but also the message and the cause of this whole initiative too is very important. 
Match summary:
Bangladesh Legends won the toss and opted to bat

Bangladesh Legends 98 all out (19.4 Overs)
Dhiman Ghosh 22*(27) | Krishmar Santokie 3/7 (2.4)

West Indies Legends 101/4 (15.2 Overs)
Dwayne Smith 51(42) | Dolar Mahmud 1/9 (2)

West Indies Legends win by 6 wickets with 28 balls to spare.

The target was never going to be of much threat to the West Indies Legends, especially with the tone that Dwayne Smith had set early on against Abdur Razzak. Despite some pretty decent deliveries being bowled in the opening few overs, Smith took full toll of anything that had width, or was on a hittable length. His partner, Dave Mohammed, wasn't able to fulfill his role of a makeshift opener and was trapped in front. Narsingh Deonarine then partnered Dwayne Smith as the West Indies rolled along.

Off-pace deliveries, both from pacers and spinners, seemed to be of a lot of utility as the innings progressed. Deonarine felt the pressure of that, and he departed soon after. West Indies Legends then proceeded to lose Smith as well followed by Hyatt, the latter departing via the run out route, but truth be told, Bangladesh Legends were fighting a losing battle all along. Nevertheless, the loss shouldn't affect them too much, the stakes aren't too high for this tournament. West Indies Legends coast through to the target in 15.2 overs eventually, with Perkins clearing the ropes at mid-wicket to fetch the winning runs. Presentations coming up shortly.....
15.2 Alok Kapali to William Perkins, SIX RUNS! WEST INDIES LEGENDS WIN! Short on middle, Perkins goes back and slogs it off the back foot over deep mid-wicket for a MAXIMUM to finish the match! 
15.1 Alok Kapali to Kirk Edwards, full on middle, clipped to mid-wicket off the front foot, a fumble and then, a single! 
Just one big hit away now.
15Ov94/4Score
2111117 runs
Kirk Edwards*21 (18)
William Perkins3 (5)
Abul Hasan0/18
14.6 Abul Hasan to Kirk Edwards, good length ball on leg and tapped to mid-wicket from the crease, for a single. 
14.5 Abul Hasan to William Perkins, fuller and slower on middle, and check driven to long-on for a single off the front foot. 
14.4 Abul Hasan to Kirk Edwards, good length slower ball on off, tapped down to third man off the back foot, for a single. 
14.3 Abul Hasan to William Perkins, over the wicket, full on off, the batter goes for a bit hit, gets only an inside edge, but then they run through for a quick single. 
14.2 Abul Hasan to Kirk Edwards, short outside off and stroked to deep backward point off the back foot for a single. 
14.1 Abul Hasan to Kirk Edwards, over the wicket, fuller on leg and clipped to deep mid-wicket with soft hands for a well-run two! 
Abul Hasan (2-0-11-0) is back into the attack
Slow and lots of turn from Kapali so far today. West Indies are a couple of sixes away from ending this contest with a win.
14Ov87/4Score
1241008 runs
Kirk Edwards16 (14)
William Perkins*1 (3)
Alok Kapali1/13
13.6 Alok Kapali to William Perkins, good length ball outside off and a miss of the slog-sweep across the line! Dot ball. 
13.5 Alok Kapali to William Perkins, fuller on leg-and-middle, it goes down leg and the batter misses the clip, no leg-bye. 
13.4 Alok Kapali to Kirk Edwards, full outside off and flicked away off the front foot to long-on for a single. 
13.3 Alok Kapali to Kirk Edwards, NICE! Full toss on middle, cheekily played away to fine-leg off the paddle sweep, past the left of short fine-leg for FOUR!